Heroin inhalation leukoencephalopathy

Often overlooked, heroin inhalation leukoencephalopathy is a rare complication of vaporized heroin inhalation leading to brain white matter degeneration and thus neurologic disturbances such as softened speech, cerebellar ataxia, behavioral changes, cerebellar gait abnormalities – even fatal respiratory failure, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine explains.